For the second year in a row, the Toronto Blue Jays have made it to the American League Championship series. But not everyone is happy about this.

The Blue Jays’ opponents in the series have offended the Ontario Human Right’s Commission. I know what you’re thinking – “That doesn’t take much” – but they’re trying to enforce their virtue signalling on broadcasters.

So the Ontario Human Rights Commission thinks broadcasters should just call them the “Cleveland Baseball Club” all series long.

Even politicians weighed in. Former one-term premier of Ontario turned federal Liberal Bob Rae tweeted: “Cleveland’s name and logo for their baseball team is so bad we need to beat them for that reason alone. Offensive stereotype."

But in fact, the team’s name and mascot was chosen to honour the first Native American to ever play major league baseball, Chief Louis Sockalexis.

History and tradition matter to sports fans, and the Indians are no exception.

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What about the Chicago White Sox, does blm, ontario human rights kangaroo court find that racist and disgusting, oh the filth of this name of a sports team..disgusting..just disgusting. Enter the “Twilight Zone” theme music, then Rod Serling" You are now entering the……..

What’s next, the Indian Chief Motorcycle?
Next summers before taking my bike out again on the road do I’ve to change the ‘Indian Chief’ logo & decal on my new motorcycle, should I apply to Canadian human rights commission for a politically correct name & logo or I can do it by myself without ‘hurting’ a snowflake

Proof that common sense has disappeared and the kangaroo Human Rights Commission is totally kookoo.

Half the North American Indians I personally know call themselves Indians and wonder why people sit up all night on the tenth floor of their chicken coop built for people and literally TRY to be offended.

The others do not give a damn what you call them – they are people. And more than 15 of them are off shore right now doing work for me. .

You can bet that Bob Rae’s tweet has been printed out and hung on the Indians’ dressing room wall, along with several news articles on this subject. Nothing like waving a cape in the bull’s face, right?

Real sport fans treat the opponent with respect. Time for the wannabes and bandwagon jumpers to STFU.

The true intolerance is with the groups , individuals and agencies that have an endless supply of grievances and woefully have a willing audience in these quasi – judicial panels.

It also makes headlines and stories for the media, all too ready to point the fingure at anyone , anytime with the race card, the sexual harrassment card.
This assault will continue until we start to fight back hard.

The SJWs can find offence in anything and everything. They can imagine no end of connections between words and meanings whether real or not. I think out of a sense of self-flagellation and sense of humour, the team should change their name while in Toronto to “The Fighting White Farmers”. That oughta put and end to it since reverse discrimination is always welcome.

Some SJWs believe that McGill’s football team name, the McGill Redmen, is offensive to natives. Redmen = Indians.

McGill’s colour is red. The uniforms are red. The football team and hockey teams are Redmen. Nothing to do with natives. All to do with school colour and uniforms. The women’s teams are Martlets, the bird on McGill’s coat of arms. Redwomen really doesn’t flow off the tongue, so Martlets it is.

Has anyone noticed that natives wear Chicago Blackhawk sweaters? Sport football team and baseball team shirts such as Indians or Braves? Sure, some don’t like it, but most don’t care or simply feel it is an acknowledgement of their strength.

Why would this be satire? The Indians logo is incredibly racist. The team made it their secondary logo a few years ago and now use a red C as their primary. If you don’t see why the logo is incredibly offensive your just obtuse.

Why are simple sportscasters changing policy for normalities that have been going on for 70 years? It reminds me of the Hollywood actors telling us about climate change.
Both groups should shut up and read their lines. They are not paid to think.

my wife is native and she and her family have no problems with native names on sports team , it is a sign of respect , but listening to one sports talk show host today he is in favor of the censoring of native names and wouldn’t debate the issue which is only an issue withe sjw’s ,lefties and human non rights boards , one of my wife’s cousins loves the Chicago black hawks so much that in the play offs he wears a sweater with the hawk emblem and he loves that sweater .

I’m a North American Indian and proud! I want more teams and cultural centers to promote Indian symbolism. Culture is to be shared if it is deemed to have value, to subdue it and hide it away only diminishes and makes it unavailable to the rest of the world. There is good in all cultures, even some of the worse have at least something of value that the world should “Appropriate”. All North American Indians should be proud we are symbols of athleticism, strength and Champions when our time comes around. Don’t let the little brained Social Justice Pussies take that away from us! I want to see Indian symbols where ever I travel and be proud!